EDDY ON HOLLYWOOD.

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 21

EDDY ON HOLLYWOOD.

f . — ■-. Barely before.has'a woman of 50 5 achieved such success in her flrstiplay i,as has Ann Penhallow in SydneySCar- ■ ££ sv Pro T d«ctidri . afcVthe Westminster E Theatre, London, of"Eugene*Q'NeiU's 3 comedy, "Ah, Wilderness," in-which ~ she plays tlie part of the mother* beaii- >■ tifully... She is making'her,.first ap- ■ Pfarance on. the professibrialistage, she has played im amateur t- circles m Dublin. -By chance, / she »-, joined the Earl .of .Longford's company j for this particular part, replacing an :?. actress who had been engaged , but who had been taken ill after; five .days^ rehearsal: It/was an Mpiration ■■■ ?T ■«£, Producers, to joffer.r.it*-,t6 Ann ... In the opinions of .Nelson. Eddy-, the manly American baritone'who saiig opposite Jeanette Macdonald in "Naughty ■Marietta" and "Rose Marie," and who 5S5 y seeing-again ; -with, her in May tune, grand opera is not • suitable for movie reproduction. <He feels that any attempt to photograph ■■: an opera in wholesale style .would be a dismal failure, and looks'; forward to the time when Hollywood i is?'adult enough to create its own opera—a grand opera cinema"—which would have to be a synthesis of photography f'\i m"slc- He denies the reports that told of his consuming hatred Of Hollywood, He is supposed t6 Jiave" said that j tjlo,w°men in the town were painted dolls and the men so ; many- pup-i pets. "Pure fiction," says Eddy: - *1 never made that remark.*As a matter' of fact, Hollywood is a grand place to live m, and it's full of delightful people, I have a great;many friends there, and although I don't;happen to like the big parties, I think* you;can nnd a social life there that is as agreeable as any' place in the world."